Subject stages : marriage, theatre and the law in early modern Spain /

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Subject Stages argues that the discourses and practices of marital legislation, litigation, and theatrics informed each other in early modern Spain in ways that still have a critical bearing on contemporary events in Spain, such as the legalization of divorce in 1978 and of same-sex marriage in 2005...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Carrión, María M. (María Mercedes)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
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Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2010.
Series:University of Toronto romance series.
Subjects:
1500-1700
Spanish drama > Classical period, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Marriage law > Spain > History > 16th century.
Marriage law > Spain > History > 17th century.
Theater > Spain > History > 16th century.
Theater > Spain > History > 17th century.
Marriage in literature.
Law and literature > Spain > History.
Théâtre > Espagne > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Théâtre > Espagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Mariage dans la littérature.
Droit et littérature > Espagne > Histoire.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
DRAMA > Continental European.
Law and literature
Marriage in literature
Marriage law
Spanish drama > Classical period
Theater
Spain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Marital law and order in early modern Spain
  • Marriage scenes in the archives
  • The birth of the comedia and the bride onstage
  • Foundational violence and the drama of honour
  • Punishing illicit desire
  • Woman in breeches
  • Coda : the musical chairs of divorce.

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